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Ursula Luschnig
{K:21809} 11/11/2004
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very cool idea!Each panorama is a great picture for itself,with an own special mood and the three added together work very effctive.Only one thing disturbs me a bit..the second shot has another format...and I think,the angle was a bit different.I would be happy with one of these stitches,but three combined is a great work!
Regards,Ursula
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Gilles SAint-Yves
{K:265} 11/11/2004
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What is the secret of this beautiful picture ???
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22103} 11/11/2004
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Yeah - my NASA style stitching broke down in the middle when I used a wider angle (which makes the building's vertical angle to a vanishing point), and some missing frames off to the right.
Ah well...
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22103} 11/11/2004
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No secret:
Went to the top of the liberty memorial here in kansas city, which overlooks the Union station and downtown.
I took a tripod with me, set up, and let the sun set.
I shot multiple photographs side by side, making sure that the left and right vertical marks in my view finder always stopped at the same place.
I took maybe 150 shots.
I then used Panorama Maker by Arcsoft to stitch together the seperate side to side photos into panoramics.
I did some clean up in Photoshop.
I then used photoshop to downscale the images, size them roughly the same, and pasted them one on top of each other.
Michael
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Christopher Gooding
{K:2275} 11/11/2004
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HEY! I've been there!!
I'm a native of KC living on the east coast currently and take great joy in seeing my home city portrayed this way... I recall big storms rolling in from the flint hills during the spring and summer. It looks like a storm is brewing in your pix.
I'm guessing this was shot from the top of the Liberty Memorial?
What happened in the second shot? The building on the far left has lost it's plumb...Looking closely at it, it appears that you pulled back on your lens in order to bring the cloud bank more fully into frame creating more headspace and an abberation of the vertical line. Also, back to that building on the left...How's that eastern face getting lit?
I like your presentation...good work.
Christopher
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Christopher Gooding
{K:2275} 11/11/2004
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Hey M~
Your work generates a lot of commentary immediately. When I began my comment, there were no others. Before I could dump, you'd already replied to my questions.
ain't technology grand...
CG
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22103} 11/11/2004
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Chris (If I can call you Chris):
This all started when I posted a series shot around the six minutes during the middle frame. I had people vote as well as friends:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/597291.html
Later I posted the winner. This is by far the best of all the photos I took (including these three). There WAS a storm coming in, and a slight rainbow.
http://www.usefilm.com/image/598352.html
If you have missed the Liberty Memorial, this should refresh your memory:
http://www.usefilm.com/image/594565.html
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22103} 11/11/2004
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Christopher:
The middle shot is a wider angle. The sun is lighting up the clouds from the west where it is setting. There was about a six minute window where a break in the weather allowed for some nice lighting.
Here is the original Uncropped.
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Christopher Gooding
{K:2275} 11/11/2004
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I like this image almost as much as the cropped version...the power of the cloud bank in the uncropped photo is huge...but I understand why you cropped it. That headspace renders the city below kind of insignificant (especially when you already have the cropped version in your head). The other side of that thought is that nature renders anything of man's creation insignificant and the uncropped pic is that much more impressive. But, I digress....
You have a great collection in your portfolio. I'm putting your version of the Liberty Memorial in to my favorites. Thanks for your commentary.
CG
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ventrix drogo
{K:59593} 11/11/2004
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Very nice idea. Great triple shot. I like it. Very original. Compliments. Bye.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:184670} 11/11/2004
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Hi Michael, The middle one is the same as the one you posted before, right? Only a different stich, I'd say. I know it's not what you asked for, but I still think that one is the most intriguing one, although the lower photo is also very strong, and a bit more dynamic, because of the lighting in the city. It replaces the primary subject from skyscape to cityscape, which I find very interesting to see.
On a more artistic note, have you concidered superimposing he three shots, and use the horizontal to gradually change the scene from daylight to dusk? Could be an interesting experiment. Per attached a visualisation of what I mean. Not the best work as, interestingly enough, the perspective is not identical in each of the shots. Only a minor difference, though. Needs more work, but it shows the genearal idea.
Creative work, Doesn't it feel good to just take the time and click away?
Cheers,
Hugo
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22103} 11/11/2004
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Hugo:
That is a MASSIVELY great idea. Unfortunately, each stitch is unique in its perpective, so I could not do it with this one. But I could set up a tripod and take wide angles as the sun sets with a locked view...
Hmmm...
By the way, congratulations on breaking the 100K Karma limit. I, no doubt, helped put you over the top.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:184670} 11/11/2004
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I just spent way too much time behind my puter...:)
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Paul's Photos
{K:34954} 11/11/2004
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Very creative.. it would be cool to take photos from the same place and show the different seasons. Love the different colors and lighting.. great work
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Michael Kanemoto
{K:22103} 11/11/2004
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Paul's Photos:
In the works - next up is winter!
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